2.1.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.37
शेषे यजुः शब्दाः
śeṣe yajuḥ śabdāḥ
The line
In the rest, what remains over, yaja (यज), a word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: śeṣe (शेषे) + yajuḥ (यजुः) + śabdāḥ (शब्दाः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣe (शेषे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the rest, what remains over |
| yajuḥ (यजुः) | nominative singular | yaja (यज) |
| śabdāḥ (शब्दाः) | nominative plural | a word |
The phrases
śeṣe (शेषे) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yajuḥ (यजुः) is yaja (यज). It stands as nominative singular.
śabdāḥ (शब्दाः) is a word. It stands as nominative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
śabdāḥ (शब्दाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣe (शेषे) and yajuḥ (यजुः).